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| it certainly does nothing for my playing. took me about 30 years to realise it. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | That's funny - it took me one Tour. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | RIM SHOT... |
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Location: closely held secret | CAPS LOCK STUCK AGAIN, JEFF? |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | could be the cheese... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I thought Wease was commenting on Schroeder's ability.... not his own... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | I was.
Took me about an hour about mine. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | i'll have to stop drinking before I can make any accurate . . . hic . . . assessment. |
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Location: Scotland | You know, they put legal limits on alcohol if you're driving. Maybe they should do the same before you're allowed to walk onstage when people are paying good money to be there. What would happen to your ass if you continually showed up for work drunk or stoned, outside of the music industry? |
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Location: SoCal | There was a guy on youtube, higher than a kite, who sang Amazing Grace. It was maybe the worst thing I ever heard...... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | ...next! |
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Location: Eaton, Indiana | We had a saying when I was young: While you partyed, I practiced. I did get a lot of fill in gigs for those who were drunk on their butts or had their heads in the clouds.
42 years on the road, nearly 6000 performances, still doing 100-150 a year plus recording gigs.
The fun never ends! Stay upright! Scott |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | At least the Ovation player in this clip seems sober. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by muzza:
At least the Ovation player in this clip seems sober.
Which is why I play Neil Young and cowboy chords... :cool: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | That's what they have Karaoki bars for.
Waitress in Karaoki bar: Can I help you?"
Me: Yes, get that singer a bucket.
Waitress: What?
Me: So she could carry a tune.
Waitress: What?
Me: Never mind. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | From experience back in the 70's, I'd say yes and no. Sometimes there would be some great ideas come up, but the buzz would make it harder to actually play them. Then again, sometimes you just get in the zone, tune out everything else and the magic happens, but hey you don't really need the drugs or booze for that! I agree a drink or two may loosen you up if you're nervous. Everybody usually thinks they sound better stoned or drunk, but once you tape it, you get the real story... |
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| " Everybody usually thinks they sound better stoned or drunk, but once you tape it, you get the real story..."
My personal epiphany. |
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Location: closely held secret | Wouldn't that be a "stupiphany" ? |
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| No, I was playing an epiphone at the time. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | To answer the question, NO.
Maybe like Al says, 1 to smooth the edge but that's it. |
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Location: Chicago | Yeah, I hate to admit it, but I fumble ALOT when I get in da ZONE, even a little. It almost seems worse when I'm just a tad buzzed: Hardly know I'm impaired but the damage is audible. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | No, it does not help in a perfomance. As stated above, one drink or a toke or three takes the edge off, but that's it.
Jamming with friends who are also all buzzed up, I'd say you could go up to the equivalent of three beers over an hour and half. More than that it's sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Though you may not know it at the time. |
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Location: SoCal | Of course, then there's the lobby jam in CT...... |
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Location: closely held secret | Using a slide for a shot glass doesn't necessarily help your playing...
...though I'll say Temp seemed to make it work. At least until he dropped it and couldn't pick it up again... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | .....BUT, if you DON'T put your finger over the bottom you'll drink a lot less.....
....or is that a shot glass for a slide?
(A half full longneck makes in interesting slide too!) |
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DOES GETTING HIGH OR BUZZED MAKE YOUR PLAYING BETTER??
